İrem's ELT Journal

 Hey everybody, welcome to my blog!   For my educational technologies class, we were assigned to write a movie review. I was a little nervous about the assignment because I had never written a review before but the task went better than I had imagined. I chose my friend, Defne to be my partner for the task. We thought it would be better if we chose a movie that we were familiar with, so we decided to write a review on ‘’Encanto’’. He was the one to recommend this movie in the first place! We watched the movie together again (and embarrassingly cried for the second time) and talked about the little details we noticed about the movie and what we could write for our review. Later we wrote the review on a shared google document and finally, we shared our assignment on the wiki page. I have had a lot of fun working with my partner. As a person who hates writing assignments, I realized that collaborative writing could be fun.  I think using wikis as a collaborative tool is a go...

  Hey everybody, welcome to my blog! I will be posting here for my educational technologies class. I hope you like my posts. Thank you for reading, take care 💖

  Hey everybody, welcome to my blog!  WHAT IS 21ST-CENTURY LEARNING? In the 21st century, with its rapid development, technology has become a crucial part of our lives. With technology, the way we learn and the skills that we should have in order to survive in today's competitive world also changed. Schools need to make changes so that they can prepare the students for the future and help them require 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, media literacy, collaboration, etc. These skills are essential for everyday living.  TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN THE CLASSROOM: In today's digital world, it is hard to imagine our daily lives without using technology. So why should we restrict the use of technology in the classroom rather than utilizing it? Technology-integrated classes can help students improve their creativity, help them feel more comfortable using technology, and help them with their collaboration skills. Most importantly, technology can create a mo...